Cover for boilers



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"- oovEnrort-jeorriniis Tj Application ined? March 23,1922 ASemin Triall whom t cgoncernp Y. :isyaf letail'edv ysecionah` view sini- .1ok 4, showing! the j cl'amprng 11def 1,3@ itknown thatL-PAULv KARsAoK, alla'lwfOvYfe f .Citizen of Hungary."residingfatCleveland..vicesflsengagedifllbm the'cover'lli `in the county of Cuyahoga and State .of .Referr-'ing.imor@y indetailtogfh@ 'CQOVmKH' Ohio, 'have inventedcertain new;and-usefiil", panying f drawings-there. is; illustratedga y Improvements in Covers for Boilers fof boilerembodying the side .-fwall l'..uporgjxvvl-1icli`r which the following'is a speciica tion. ac over Q .;:Inounted `w'itl'ifadependinglfan- This invention relates to certain newfand' n ular flange lycarried :bythelcovfemenclos- 'us eful improvements in coverings for` boil- `lngthenpperend'ofthegside :walllfo fgthel l i ers andy has particular reference yto the idea bo'iler.V An inwardly directed flange 4adja 65 i i" if.

of clamping orv locking the cover tothe -cent vthe pointfof` connection between" the boiler.I i v j 'top' wall of the-,coverandfthe -sidejflange3 j if The primary object'of the invention re extends inwardly *of "saidboiler-- walls sides in the provision of a locking device fgrest upon the upper edge thereof as shownin j carried by the outer side wall ofy the boiler Figs. 4 and 5to properlysupport theicoverjf'fo; f adapted to be moved into engagement with` position on thepboiler. i. j f-'j a cover placed upon the boiler to' lock the-''y The ttopfwall' 2.of the cover i'sxprovided* ycover in position'thereon, the` cover being .with a'segment shaped opening` as jshownl provided with a shiftable plate section .in Fig. 2, while a perforated'segmentfshaped Y adapted to bepositioned inline with an 'Plate 6 plVO'CllYfSllppOTed UPI thevhlidlelw i opening inthe coverfwith the plate section 7 of the'cover is adapted'tobe shiftedz`to'."a i having a plurality of perforations to pervposition registering.v withfsad penng mit the fluid contents of the boiler being as shown in" .Fig '2 to provideagstra'iner drained therefrom without the necessity ofl plate' section in-rthe cover for purposeslof removing the cover, and'. also permits the' dra ining the," boiler withouty the necessityl` contents of the boiler being removedthrough of removingthe cover; 4It-isjalsoto be un-. the opening in the coverby shifting the derstood .that the iplate sectionvlinay-,b e' perforated plate laterally of said cover shifted tothe,pOSOIl'lallly QffllG-'OPGIL-L y. opening. i ing 5 to permit the lcontents ofthe .boilernf' A 30v With the above general objects inl view -bein'g entirely removed.v *f 85 .4 t

the invention consists of the novelcombina- `The locl'ng rconnectie n between the boiler tion and arrangement of parts hereinafter, aildltll.CQVl` S"Sl10.W'I1 more vClearlyl idr "1; 1 .i

more fully described in connection withthe Figs-1,4, "and 5,' Shel Side angeyof the .i accompanying drawing, and in which like4 COVCIY CLII'yDgaCljaoent-tle llower end ltherfereference characters ydesignate correspond-V of diametrically opposite lugs 81` providedl) ing parts throughout the lseveral viewsv With .21' IGCSSS 9- ASPIIIgSriplO y. is se In the drawings: n cured as at 1l to the sidewalllbf the boi1er: i 1 v Fig. l is a vertical sectional `view of-a .alldCICSllpOIltS upper end thereofyan-g Y boiler constructed in accordance with the'v y2L`1`1f12 provided with an iIlWalIfllyidirectedI 40 present invention, 'showing the 'tensioned angle lug 134 upon'theupper :end thereof,v 95 f clamping arm carried by the boiler for en- Athat registers Wththerecessf? Offflle' COVGI' gagement with the cover, v v.lugl 8. Whenthe cover 42is placed'upon v v Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the boiler the boilendthe springarm lOnorrnallyho'lds. and cover showing' the shift-able perforated the arm fl2 positioned outwardly Ofthe` f j plate section carried by the coverand regisside flange, 3 of the'` coverso that the jcoverj 100itering with the opening in-the cover, maybe easily mounted upon the boiler .with j" Fig. 3 is a side elevational viewy of the theinwardly directed` flange 4 resting upon boiler showing the clamping device engag: the upper edge thereof, With the cover'j2| l ingthe cover, c in position, astrap 14 `of U.-shaped forma- -f 'f1 lf f 5o Fig. 4 is a detailed sectional view taken tion hingedasat l5 to the sidewallflofv. the'` 105 on line IV-IVfof Fig. 3, and drawn to boiler,.en`clo`ses the spring striplO sothat lan enlarged scale, showing the tensioned when thestrapvlll isniovedoutwardlyfroinf clamping -arm and the lock therefor to rethe position .shown'in-Fig. `5,'to that'shown A. tain the same in lengagement with the boiler 4in Fig.' 4, the U shaped strap 4141jengages? I o5. cover, and the spring strip'v l() to force y thefsame' in-j 1110"'.

j by the locking arm l2. y From the above ldetailed description of4 u mk Wardly towards the side of the boiler-endy to. correspondingly ino've the arm 12 tosecurely retained in posit-ion upon the boiler the'device it is believed that'the construction and operation -thereof'will at oneerbe apparent, and While there is herein'shown v and described -the preferred embodiments thereof, itis to beunderstood theft various changes arev contemplated 'thatfxvill v fall within the scope o the subject *metten Y 1 'In testimony Wliereof'l affix'iny signacleirned. Y y p In a device kof theclass described, a' boiler, acover therefor, 'e dependingside flange carried the cover and closing` the upper end of theboiler, diainetricilly opposite lugs boiler', a, rigid locking arm fixed to the other end of, the spring strip and carrying an angle lug at the upper end adapted to be Yreceivedrin the'lug recess to retain the cover in position on the boiler, and a' U-fshaped straphin'gedto the boiler enclosing the spring strip and adapted to be vrnoved into L engagement With seid spring` strip to ycause 'the lug Carried by theglocking" arm to be received in 'the recess-formed in Vthe'cover flange lug.

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y f PAUL KARSACK; vWitnesses:` u J'. A; MAKRANGZY, c i ANrUiM. TROSCH, 

